The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2159
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
2:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2930
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.70° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.53° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.