The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1928
Waning Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
2:02 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 73
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 | 288.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.15° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.49° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.