The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1911
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
9:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -148
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.55° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.65° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.