The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% 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
1:20 PM
1:27 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 630
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 | 109.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.21° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.