The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
5:14 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 153.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.72° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.86° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.