The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
12:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -211
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 | 100.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 81.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / -5.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.30° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.87° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.