The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2162
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
4:41 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2967
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 186.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.17° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.51° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.