The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
11:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 9.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.07° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.74° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| 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.