The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1931
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 110
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 215.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.85° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.61° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.