The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2017
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
8:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1174
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 336.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.71° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.15° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.