The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% 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
1:08 PM
1:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1533
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 | 105.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.73° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.92° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.