The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
5:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2782
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 13.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.95° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.55° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.