The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 2100
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
10:37 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2200
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.19° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.05° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.28° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.