The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2086
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
4:49 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2027
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.95° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 0.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.64° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.