The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2019
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1199
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.77° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.40° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.