The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2052
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 PM
7:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 356,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1607
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.10° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.