The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2175
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3128
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.52° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.90° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.