The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1917
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -63
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 271.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.28° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.20° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.