The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2047
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
10:41 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1545
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 | 226.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.13° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.47° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.