The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1907
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
4:51 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -187
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 | 350.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.53° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.22° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.