The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2042
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
1:37 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1483
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 | 284.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.24° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.95° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.