The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2058
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
12:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1681
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.68° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.71° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| 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.