The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2980
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 | 136.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 10.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.45° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.57° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.