The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
12:48 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 102.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.53° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.