The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
2:04 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1050
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 | 305.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 234.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.41° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.26° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.