The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2117
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2411
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.24° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.69° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.