The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 2070
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
8:20 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1829
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 133.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.04° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.85° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.