The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1951
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
11:38 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 358
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 | 77.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.34° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.