The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:24 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -37
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 9.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 46m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.66° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.72° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.