The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2157
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
7:23 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2906
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 | 30.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.63° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.88° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.