The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% 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
1:01 PM
12:37 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1063
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / 1.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.66° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.34° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.