The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
5:48 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 766
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 18.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.63° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.52° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.