The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 4, 2183
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
11:38 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3227
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 | 244.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.44° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.29° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.