The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2016
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
11:06 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.61° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.96° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.