The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:30 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3178
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 | 97.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 80.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.95° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.77° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.