The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2025
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
8:44 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1273
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 | 190.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 344.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.37° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.70° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.