The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1964
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
6:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -24.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.53° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.15° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.