The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1982
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
11:21 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 741
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 | 231.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.40° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.53° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.