The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2077
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
12:03 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1916
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 | 240.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.77° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.36° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.