The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1928
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
1:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 73
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 | 277.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 8.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.51° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.33° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.