The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1912
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
2:32 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -125
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 | 311.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.63° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.63° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.