The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1926
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
4:58 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 181.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.14° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / -2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.03° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.