The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2118
Last Quarter
49.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
1:50 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2422
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.87° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.69° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.96° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.