The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
5:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 432
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 | 161.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 15.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 30m / 17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.64° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.87° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.