The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
4:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 531
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 | 141.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.83° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.46° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| 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.