The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2745
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 | 129.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 51.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.16° / 0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.35° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.