The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2064
Waning Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
3:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1755
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.90° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.05° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.