The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1915
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
10:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 217.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.96° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.82° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.