The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2040
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 | 108.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.74° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.