The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2148
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
2:27 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2794
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.06° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.06° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| 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.