The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2083
Waning Crescent
17.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
2:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1990
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 | 310.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -14.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.01° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.48° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.