The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1936
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:54 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 280.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -2.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.01° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 7.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.02° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.