The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1979
Waning Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
9:07 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 704
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.11° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.69° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.