The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
12:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1199
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 | 105.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.64° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.24° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.