The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2136
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2646
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 14.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.65° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.91° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.