The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2020
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:19 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1211
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 | 229.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 23.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.21° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.15° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.