The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2173
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
6:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3104
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 154.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.59° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.82° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.