The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2074
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
8:21 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1879
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 | 192.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 20.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.05° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.39° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.