The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2073
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
11:57 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1867
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 | 82.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.42° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.91° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.