The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2008
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
11:33 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1063
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 | 76.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 101.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.29° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.66° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.