The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2105
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
4:37 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2262
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 184.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.86° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.26° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.