The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2061
Waning Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
1:46 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1718
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 | 291.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.21° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.76° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.