The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2029
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
6:21 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1323
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 157.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.89° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.40° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.