The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2021
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
6:26 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1224
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 | 19.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 154.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.46° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.91° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.