The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
2:06 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 119.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 0.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.25° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.74° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.