The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2013
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
8:26 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1125
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 | 37.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 133.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.39° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.24° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.