The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:22 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.32° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.16° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.