The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2066
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
10:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1780
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.15° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.24° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.