The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% 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
3:11 PM
3:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 137.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.72° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.27° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.