The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2881
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 | 142.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.45° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.12° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.