The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
1:48 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 494
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 | 116.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / -0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.60° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.33° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| 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.