The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2039
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:39 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.62° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.92° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.