The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1977
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
1:45 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 679
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 | 291.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -2.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.40° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.37° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.