The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2083
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
1:38 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1990
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 | 297.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.90° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.65° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.30° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.