The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 5, 2200
Waning Crescent
3.5% 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
5:35 AM
4:08 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3437
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 | 338.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.07° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.94° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.