The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1999
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
4:08 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 201.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.82° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.12° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.