The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1910
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
9:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -149
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 | 53.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -23.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.09° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.24° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.