The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2186
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
1:57 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3264
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 257.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.18° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.33° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.