The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1901
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
7:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -272
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.4° / 354.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.92° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.40° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.