The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
3:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 160
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 | 135.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.77° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.54° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.