The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1975
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
8:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 655
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 137.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.84° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.84° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.