The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2001
Waning Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
12:39 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.89° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.63° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.