The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 4, 2197
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
1:42 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3400
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 | 298.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.86° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.80° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.