The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2047
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
10:06 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1545
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 317.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.82° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.33° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.