The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2031
Waning Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
11:51 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 254.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.59° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.53° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| 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.