The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
9:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1174
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 | 209.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.87° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.28° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.