The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 310.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.78° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.41° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.