The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2180
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
10:35 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3190
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 | 229.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.34° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.76° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.