The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2156
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
1:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2893
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 250.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -4.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.18° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.