The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2096
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2151
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 9.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.04° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.46° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.