The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2099
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
1:11 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2188
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.49° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.