The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2182
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
2:45 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3215
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.78° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.91° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.