The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2942
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.22° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.47° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.