The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1994
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
7:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 890
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 | 24.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -19.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.41° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.23° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.