The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2004
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:51 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 | 289.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / 0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.43° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.70° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.