The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2015
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
1:33 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1149
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 | 285.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.27° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.62° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.