The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1768
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 | 113.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.25° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.13° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.