The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
6:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1842
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 | 172.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.82° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.