The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 1972
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
4:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 188.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -23.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.31° / -3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.98° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.