The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 2132
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
5:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2595
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 190.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.04° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.53° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.