The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2111
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 PM
11:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.67° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.74° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.48° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.