The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2151
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
3:11 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2831
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 222.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.88° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.84° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.