The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2081
Waxing Crescent
26.5% 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
11:51 AM
10:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1966
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 | 61.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 115.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.08° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.54° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.