The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 1990
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
11:29 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 840
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.79° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.22° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.