The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1925
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
11:42 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 36
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.68° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.44° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.