The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2183
Last Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3227
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 271.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.70° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.60° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.