The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
1:55 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 259
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 65.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.27° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.80° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.