The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2149
Waxing Crescent
17.2% 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
11:09 AM
8:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.2%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2807
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.62° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.21° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.