The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% 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
3:32 PM
5:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 152.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.54° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.25° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.