The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
2:58 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 531
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 | 129.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 5.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.79° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.60° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.