The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:11 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 139.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.62° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.14° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.