The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
5:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 | 157.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 19.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.25° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.80° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.