The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2002
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
6:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 18.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.98° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.70° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.