The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1974
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 260.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 275.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.76° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.30° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.