The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
4:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 197
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 | 143.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 35.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 14.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.69° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.80° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| 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.