The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1980
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
4:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.60° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.68° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.