The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
5:16 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 188.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.25° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.10° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.