The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
12:49 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1768
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.85° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.28° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.