The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1962
First Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 494
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -10.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.18° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.64° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.