The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1977
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
1:12 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 679
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 | 279.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.18° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.93° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.20° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.