The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2088
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2052
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 | 276.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.77° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.92° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.