The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2044
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
9:46 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1508
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.48° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.63° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.