The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1921
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
2:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -25
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 | 310.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.47° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.90° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.