The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2039
Waning Gibbous
70.9% 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
10:22 PM
12:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1446
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 | 245.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 35m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.71° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.07° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.