The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:36 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1335
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.35° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.85° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.