The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1988
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
2:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 307.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 232.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.93° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.64° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.