The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2139
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
7:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2683
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 25.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.18° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.