The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2055
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:42 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1644
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 | 197.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.60° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.74° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.