The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2004
Waning Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
1:29 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.63° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.53° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.