The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2137
Last Quarter
50.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2658
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.75° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.63° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.