The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2009
Waning Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
10:03 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 07m / 23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.29° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.73° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.