The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 1936
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
12:03 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 172
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 | 257.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.26° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.70° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.