The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
2:26 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 61
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 | 124.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.05° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.20° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.