The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2067
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:21 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1793
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 18% of the Sun is covered at 7:35 AM.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.21° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.99° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.