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Moon Information For December 6 2022 (Northern Hemisphere)

Moon December 6, 2022 (Northern Hemisphere)

The Moon information shown here applies to Washington, Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. (Local time America/New York)

Moonrise to moonset9h58m
Moonrise15:41
Moonset05:43
Distance to the center of the Sun147,391,746 km
Distance to the center of Earth392,792 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)96.3%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonTaurus ♉
Moon age (days past new moon)12.9

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in December 2022.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and JupiterDecember 1Jupiter is 2.6 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and Pleiades2022-12-06 14:26Pleiades is 2.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and MarsDecember 7Mars is 0.6 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and PolluxDecember 11Pollux is 2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and AntaresDecember 21Antares is 2.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusDecember 24Venus is 3.4 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnDecember 26Saturn is 4 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterDecember 29Jupiter is 2.4 degrees North of the Moon.

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