The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 1996
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
2:04 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 297.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.61° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.18° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.