The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2045
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
2:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1520
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.53° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.06° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.