The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1920
Waning Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
2:18 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 306.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.06° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.14° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.