The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1916
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
4:43 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -87
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.08° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.53° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.