The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1907
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
6:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -186
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.05° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.39° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.