The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
1:41 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 114.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.13° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.44° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.