The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2069
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
1:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1817
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 | 283.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -2.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.79° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.29° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.