The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 2154
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
4:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2868
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 182.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.34° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.98° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.