The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2070
Waxing Crescent
3.8% 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
8:55 AM
7:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1830
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.65° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.20° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.