The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3116
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 11.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.54° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.46° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.