The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
7:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1125
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.38° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.43° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.