The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1934
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
4:52 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 147
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 175.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -26.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.67° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.27° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.