The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1990
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 227.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.60° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.08° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| 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.