The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2009
Waning Gibbous
84.6% 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
9:00 PM
10:47 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1075
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 | 226.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.93° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.87° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| 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.