The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
12:05 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 964
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 | 96.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -8.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.97° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.04° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.