The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1996
Waning Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:34 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 286.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.29° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.00° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.