The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
12:44 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -112
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.70° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.16° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.