The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1950
Waning Crescent
19.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:18 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.34° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.22° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.