The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2085
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
11:20 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2015
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.70° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.03° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.