The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1904
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
4:26 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -224
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 | 341.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.34° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.