The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2088
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
1:27 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2052
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 | 288.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.94° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.09° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| 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.