The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2096
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
12:18 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2151
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 | 245.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.45° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.15° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.