The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2107
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
11:39 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2287
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 286.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.37° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.43° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.