The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1958
Waning Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
1:41 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 444
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 | 291.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.42° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.57° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.