The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 2189
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
3:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3301
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.93° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.65° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.