The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1944
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 259.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.98° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.87° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.