The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2039
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
10:59 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.69° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.78° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.