The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
6:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 158.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.33° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.80° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.