The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2150
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
7:35 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2819
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:24 AM, is deepest at 8:09 AM and ends at 9:54 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.81° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.11° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.30° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.