The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2181
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3203
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.40° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.49° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.