The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 6, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
1:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3413
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 | 104.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / 3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.19° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.98° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.