The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2051
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
6:32 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 | 14.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 156.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.16° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.01° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.