The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
12:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 729
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 | 102.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 80.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.13° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.68° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| 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.