The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1958
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 444
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 | 304.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 235.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.77° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.75° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.