The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 5, 2108
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
8:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2300
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.41° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.