The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2167
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
2:20 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3029
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 247.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.96° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.70° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.