The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1966
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
1:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.9° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.81° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.79° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.