The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 170.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 4.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 19.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.05° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.