The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 6, 2199
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3425
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 306.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.26° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.40° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| 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.