The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2200
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
4:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3437
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 | 350.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.35° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.13° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.