The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
2:46 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1570
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 | 124.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 55.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.78° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.21° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.