The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
3:02 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 259
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 | 118.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.09° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.65° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.