The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 1996
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
2:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 309.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 231.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.27° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.36° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.