The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1974
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
11:34 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 247.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.47° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.15° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.