The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1903
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
9:12 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -236
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.83° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.83° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.