The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 2161
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
10:14 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.92° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.93° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.