The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% 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
4:21 PM
5:28 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3252
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 | 159.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 17.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 13.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.26° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.93° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| 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.