The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1939
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
1:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.75° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.61° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.