The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2159
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:17 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 224.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.94° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.48° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.