The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
2:27 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 316.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.26° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.45° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.