The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2020
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
12:35 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 253.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.45° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.45° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.