The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1910
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
12:56 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -161
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.90° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.46° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.