The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2002
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 AM
7:24 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 31.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 142.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.94° / -3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.51° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.