The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
2:47 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1941
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 | 126.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.26° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.13° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.