The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2110
Waning Crescent
39.7% 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
12:39 AM
1:39 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2324
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 4.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.25° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.