The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2054
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1632
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.90° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.54° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.