The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1964
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
7:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.31° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.96° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.