The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1945
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
6:43 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 284
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 | 21.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.91° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.77° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| 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.