The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 6, 2186
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
2:56 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3264
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.20° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.69° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.