The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2015
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
2:32 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 306.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -6.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.86° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.