The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1900
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
9:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -8.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.84° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.95° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.