The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2036
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
10:26 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.48° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.21° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.