The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1906
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
10:27 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -199
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 | 220.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.23° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.52° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.