The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1607
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.72° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.