The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1939
Waning Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
1:46 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 294.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 246.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.80° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.78° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.