The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1939
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
2:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 307.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.77° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.96° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.