The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1917
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
12:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 260.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.41° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.04° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.