The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2042
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
1:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.09° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.13° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.