The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
1:42 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1248
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 | 285.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.21° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.33° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.