The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2050
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 263.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.64° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.33° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.