The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2102
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 AM
2:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2225
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 224.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.26° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.27° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.