The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1960
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
10:07 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 469
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.43° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.19° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.