The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2130
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
8:45 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2572
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.19° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.02° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.