The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2042
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1483
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.24° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.