The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2013
Waxing Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:37 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 51.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.22° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.06° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.