The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 1994
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 890
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.04° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.