The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
4:53 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -74
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 | 139.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 32.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.80° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.58° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.