The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1975
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
9:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 655
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 | 45.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.89° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.65° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.