The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 6, 2023
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
2:36 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1247
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.69° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.31° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.