The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
5:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 197
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.67° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.67° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.