The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 PM
4:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2745
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 39.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.94° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.21° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.