The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1949
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
8:54 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 333
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 | 192.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 342.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 28.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.57° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.84° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.