The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1905
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
4:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -223
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.93° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.23° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.