The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
5:30 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 20.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.84° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.27° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.