The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
4:58 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -174
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 | 152.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 13.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.80° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.74° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.