The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
2:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 121.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.03° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.59° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.