The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
1:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -211
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.