The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2031
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
11:21 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1347
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 | 243.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.71° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.38° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.