The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1940
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 222
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -4.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.90° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.99° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.