The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2054
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:15 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1632
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 | 62.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.20° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.88° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.