The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2077
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
12:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1916
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 | 252.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.32° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.51° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.