The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
2:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 125.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.10° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.30° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.