The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 5, 2154
New Moon
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
5:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2869
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.63° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.82° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.