The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1959
First Quarter
46.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.23° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.41° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.37° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.