The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2053
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
2:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1619
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 | 308.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -5.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.56° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.40° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.