The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
3:56 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 207.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.80° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.68° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.