The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1933
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
10:02 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 135
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 325.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 26.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.91° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.71° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.