The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2129
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2559
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 | 289.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.19° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.20° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.25° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.