The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
4:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1335
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 | 144.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.45° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.71° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.