The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1950
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
2:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 321.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.94° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.41° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.