The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
9:39 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 201.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.29° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.03° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.