The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1929
Waxing Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
9:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.34° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.43° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.