The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1966
Last Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.93° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.95° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.