The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
2:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 8.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.15° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.96° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.