The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
4:27 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2176
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 | 144.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.14° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.19° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.