The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2036
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
8:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1409
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.81° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.51° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.94° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.