The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2166
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
5:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3017
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.29° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.74° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| 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.