The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1918
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -50
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.25° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.90° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.