The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1969
Waning Crescent
17.1% 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
3:21 AM
2:20 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.67° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.02° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.