The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 2021
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
7:50 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 25.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.48° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.26° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.