The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
6:08 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 902
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 | 165.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 17.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.20° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.45° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.