The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2021
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
7:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1224
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 141.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.47° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.71° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.