The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1987
New Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
8:13 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 803
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 27.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.36° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.