The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1947
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 308
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.42° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.97° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.