The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2074
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
9:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1878
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 02m / 19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.28° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.65° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.