The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2146
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
9:11 AM
7:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2770
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.82° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.15° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.