The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
4:53 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 151.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.35° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.13° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.