The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 5, 2197
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
2:18 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3400
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 | 312.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -13.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.45° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.98° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.