The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2134
Waning Gibbous
72.5% 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
10:16 PM
12:09 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2621
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 | 243.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.70° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.78° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| 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.