The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 1990
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
10:10 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 840
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 | 213.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 23.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.98° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.94° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.