The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1902
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
1:40 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -260
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.45° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.10° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.