The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1923
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
3:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.31° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.89° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| 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.