The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1986
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
10:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 791
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 | 69.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.74° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.20° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.