The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1991
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
4:37 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 852
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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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 | 354.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 180.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -24.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.94° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.79° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.