The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:20 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2410
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.38° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.94° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| 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.