The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 4, 2170
Waning Crescent
13.3% 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
3:39 AM
3:05 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3066
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 223.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.96° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.66° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.