The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2153
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
10:54 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2856
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.56° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.28° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.