The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1985
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
1:49 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 286.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.42° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.91° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.