The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 1934
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
3:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 147
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 | 346.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.49° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.53° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.