The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2034
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
3:00 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1384
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 225.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.76° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.78° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.