The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
10:58 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1162
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.80° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.13° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.