The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2158
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
4:52 PM
7:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2918
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 356.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.65° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.