The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1977
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:20 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 679
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 | 304.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.09° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.31° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.55° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.