The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2005
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
8:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1026
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.61° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.76° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.