The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1944
Waning Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
12:38 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 271
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.53° / 1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.57° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.