The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1914
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
10:20 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -100
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 | 213.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 321.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.79° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.07° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.