The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1914
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
10:58 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -100
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.31° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.