The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1948
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
10:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 69.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.14° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.61° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.