The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2018
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
5:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 181.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.56° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.11° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.