The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1955
Waning Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 407
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 | 261.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.67° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.49° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.