The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 2178
Waning Crescent
12.3% 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
3:30 AM
3:15 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3164
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -6.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.69° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.29° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.