The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1100
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.52° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.77° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.