The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 1967
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
9:19 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 556
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -23.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.86° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.17° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.