The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2080
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:22 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1953
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 | 279.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.19° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.40° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.