The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% 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
2:40 PM
3:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 137.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.18° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.07° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.