The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:54 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 | 139.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 01m / 12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.62° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.80° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.