The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2031
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1347
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.59° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.69° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.