The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1909
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:48 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -162
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 | 281.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.30° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.69° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.