The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1920
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
1:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -26
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 | 294.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -5.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.19° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.97° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.