The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:41 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1434
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 | 103.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.01° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.60° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.