The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1917
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
11:45 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -63
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 | 249.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 286.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.49° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.89° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.