The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2077
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1916
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 | 263.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.57° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.66° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.