The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 PM
2:29 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 296
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 | 124.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.51° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.41° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.