The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1901
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:31 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.33° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.16° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.