The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1997
Waxing Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 927
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 | 82.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.49° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.