The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 4, 2195
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
7:44 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3376
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 139.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.58° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.44° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.