The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2066
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
10:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1780
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.35° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.10° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.