The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
4:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 195.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.32° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.27° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.