The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2104
Waning Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2250
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 | 238.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.56° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.70° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.