The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2091
Waning Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
1:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2089
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.29° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.66° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.