The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1931
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
2:24 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 110
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 | 309.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.30° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.43° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.