The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1952
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
11:04 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 370
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 | 228.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.82° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.62° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.