The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1991
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
5:28 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 853
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 167.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.13° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.02° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.