The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2186
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
2:27 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3264
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 298.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / 0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.80° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.51° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.