The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2141
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
11:53 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2708
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 | 79.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.80° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.39° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.