The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2080
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
1:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1953
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 | 292.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 248.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.90° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.57° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| 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.