The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2130
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2572
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 | 58.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.61° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.84° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.