The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2122
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2473
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.40° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.03° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.