The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1950
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
1:53 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -3.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.19° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.04° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.