The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1915
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
3:52 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -88
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 | 345.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.60° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.74° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.