The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
2:09 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1904
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 | 120.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 62.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.80° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.88° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.