The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 1942
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
4:05 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 313.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.27° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.19° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.