The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2026
Waning Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 AM
2:42 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1285
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 | 322.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.44° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.26° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.