The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
2:58 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1100
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.37° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.62° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.