The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1906
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
11:10 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 231.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.20° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.66° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.