The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2132
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
3:33 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2596
Events on this date
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Mars, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 211.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 35m / -12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.25° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.21° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.