The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2081
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:05 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1966
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.69° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.72° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.