The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
3:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 61
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 | 138.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.75° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.06° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| 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.