The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2069
Waning Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1817
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.87° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.27° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.97° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.