The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2088
Last Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2052
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.23° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.76° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.