The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1929
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
8:50 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 86
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.49° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.61° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.