The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Waxing Crescent
43.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 96.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.81° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.66° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.