The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2157
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
8:26 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2905
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 131.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -26.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.01° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.55° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.