The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2061
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
2:07 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1718
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 | 302.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.64° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.93° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.