The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:44 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2139
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.30° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.20° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.