The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2050
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
11:48 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1582
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 | 252.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.64° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.18° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.