The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
12:22 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2609
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -7.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.97° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.75° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| 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.