The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2151
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
3:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2831
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 207.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -14.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.34° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.03° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.