The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1933
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
11:12 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 135
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.53° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.99° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.