The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2054
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
11:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 73.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.09° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.71° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.