The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2102
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
1:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2225
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 | 290.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.59° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.91° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.