The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
4:55 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1805
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 28.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.17° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.12° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.