The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1978
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 | 172.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 3.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.59° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.