The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2073
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1867
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.3° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.90° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.08° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.