The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
8:07 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1261
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 135.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -26.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.75° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.96° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.