The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1936
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.77° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.86° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.