The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2059
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 AM
5:27 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1694
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 | 7.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 166.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.12° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.49° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.