The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2041
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
4:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1471
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.97° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.92° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.60° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.