The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% 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
4:17 PM
5:30 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1842
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 17.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.59° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.41° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.