The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1910
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
8:11 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -149
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -25.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.73° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.42° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.