The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
1:52 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 116.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.57° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.09° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.