The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1930
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
8:33 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 98
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 | 188.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.65° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.06° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.