The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2074
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
10:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1879
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 319.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 21.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.79° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.66° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.