The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2183
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
12:13 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3227
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 | 256.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.70° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.