The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
1:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1669
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 7.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.82° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.