The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2016
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
9:57 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1162
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 | 58.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.08° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.31° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.