The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:09 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 865
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 | 128.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 14m / 12.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.02° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.28° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.