The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1983
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 AM
6:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 754
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 | 25.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -25.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.70° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.33° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.