The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2090
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
5:57 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2077
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.16° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.62° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| 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.