The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1948
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
8:39 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 321
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 | 47.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 129.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.73° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.97° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.