The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2043
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
7:26 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1496
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus 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 | 33.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.18° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.34° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.