The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1909
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.30° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.53° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.