The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Waning Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
3:49 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1186
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 | 329.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.66° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.73° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.