The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 PM
6:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.96° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.84° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.