The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1985
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 778
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.66° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.74° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.