The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1921
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 PM
11:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.90° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.79° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.