The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1901
Waning Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
2:00 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -261
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 | 301.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.37° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.34° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.