The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -38
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 | 155.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.26° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.47° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.