The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% 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
3:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1805
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.72° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.25° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| 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.