The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2118
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2423
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 | 263.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 9.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.85° / 0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.84° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.