The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 1914
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
9:35 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -100
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 | 201.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 333.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.42° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.93° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.