The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2153
Waning Gibbous
72.6% 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
10:14 PM
12:07 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2856
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.96° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.57° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.