The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2056
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
4:24 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1656
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 | 342.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 193.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.80° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.54° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.