The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1937
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
7:36 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 185
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 | 29.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.75° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.28° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.