The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2107
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2287
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.11° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.28° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.