The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2111
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
8:55 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2337
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,200 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.00° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.84° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.