The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2070
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
7:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 | 32.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.51° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.01° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.