The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -75
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 | 123.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.37° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.49° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.