The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2115
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
12:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2386
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 293.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.97° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.96° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.