The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1982
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
12:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 741
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 | 257.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.02° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.26° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.82° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.