The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2092
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2102
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -9.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.87° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.10° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.