The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:39 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 630
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.75° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| 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.