The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2175
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
12:59 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3128
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 | 276.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.86° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.06° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.