The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1937
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
6:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -21.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.92° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.47° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.