The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2020
Waning Gibbous
74.1% 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
10:02 PM
12:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 241.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 296.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.19° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.30° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.