The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1961
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
3:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 319.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -7.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.86° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.49° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.