The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1971
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
10:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 605
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 | 224.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.08° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.27° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.