The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2109
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
5:40 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2312
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 15.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.07° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.98° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.