The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2102
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
1:48 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2225
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.23° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.09° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.