The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2024
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
10:30 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 | 65.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.46° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.60° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.