The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1921
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
11:02 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -13
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 105.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.07° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.95° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.