The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
8:37 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1038
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 | 189.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.46° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.