The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
2:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 160
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.40° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.68° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.