The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2072
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
2:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1854
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 | 308.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.52° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.