The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2145
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2757
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.85° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.55° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.18° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.