The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
3:44 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 766
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 | 137.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.33° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.80° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| 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.