The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
94.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
4:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 61
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 13.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.62° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.93° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.