The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1942
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
5:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 246
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.07° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.57° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.