The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
5:43 AM
4:23 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.72° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.92° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.