The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2001
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
11:15 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 976
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.61° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.34° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.