The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1988
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
2:33 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 318.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.13° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.82° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.