The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
6:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 173.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.59° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.