The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 5, 2168
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
10:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3042
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.22° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.23° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.