The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1909
Waning Crescent
31.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
2:10 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / 1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.18° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.86° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.