The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 531
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 | 153.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.26° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.33° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.