The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2164
Last Quarter
52.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
1:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2991
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.94° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.94° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.