The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2080
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
2:08 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1953
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 | 304.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 234.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.42° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.75° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.