The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2138
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
7:13 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2671
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.56° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.69° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.