The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1901
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
2:31 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.24° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.52° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.