The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2190
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
12:09 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3314
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 84.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.30° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.68° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.