The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2126
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
12:12 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2522
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.43° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.38° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.