The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2121
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
2:08 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2460
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 | 310.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 228.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.05° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.90° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.