The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1972
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
5:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 618
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 | 9.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 164.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -25.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.00° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.63° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.