The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
2:08 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2003
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 | 116.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.21° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.35° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.