The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
1:59 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 24
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.04° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.99° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.93° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.