The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1922
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
9:15 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -1
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 324.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.70° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.