The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2081
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
11:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1966
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.20° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.37° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.