The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2135
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
6:22 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2634
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 154.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.87° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.43° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.