The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2110
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
2:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2324
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 0.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.37° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.64° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.