The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 1980
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
4:17 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 716
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 198.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.44° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.49° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.