The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1952
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
11:32 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 370
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 | 239.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 296.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.77° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.76° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.