The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
12:25 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.95° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.76° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.94° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.