The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2015
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
2:03 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -2.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.05° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.