The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
5:32 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 667
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 19.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.29° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.23° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.