The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 1931
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:59 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 110
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 | 296.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.89° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.25° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| 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.