The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1942
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
4:43 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 326.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 195.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.44° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.38° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.