The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
12:01 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1112
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 | 258.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 276.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 5.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.74° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.71° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.90° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.