The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
73.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
11:49 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 242.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.33° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.81° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.