The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1952
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
10:29 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 370
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.67° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.48° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.