The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2138
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
8:28 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2671
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 132.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.67° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.50° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.