The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2148
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
2:00 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2794
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.21° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.88° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.