The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1999
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
3:37 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 951
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 | 324.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 215.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.78° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.93° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.