The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2040
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
7:29 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1459
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.1° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.85° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.92° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.