The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2097
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
6:21 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2164
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 | 20.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 153.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.21° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.86° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.