The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
5:36 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2176
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 | 156.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.35° / 3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.06° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.