The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 1997
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
9:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 927
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.74° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.