The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
12:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 828
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 | 98.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 80.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.87° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.15° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.