The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1983
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
6:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 754
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 159.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -24.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.11° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.52° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.