The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2053
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
3:17 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1619
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 | 320.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -9.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.45° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.