The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
2:09 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1669
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 | 120.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.05° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.67° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| 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.