The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
4:00 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1236
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 | 140.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.86° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.39° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.