The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
2:19 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 395
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 | 119.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.70° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.86° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.