The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
3:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1100
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 41.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.20° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.48° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.