The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
12:40 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2275
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 | 100.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.54° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.09° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.