The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2025
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
9:49 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 204.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 330.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.44° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.