The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2161
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
10:26 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2955
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.95° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.97° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.