The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2070
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 43.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.39° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.82° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.