The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1985
Waning Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
12:59 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 261.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.26° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.58° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.