The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2024
Waxing Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
9:18 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 124.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -22.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.01° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.78° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.