The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1911
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
5:48 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -137
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.78° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.01° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.