The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
1:31 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 3.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.38° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.