The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1941
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
8:48 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 234
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 | 200.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.33° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.28° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.