The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2023
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.50° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.00° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.