The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1959
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
11:19 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 457
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.92° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.53° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.