The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
1:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 107.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 75.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.88° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.