The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 6, 2158
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
7:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2917
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.38° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.