The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2072
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.33° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.03° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.