The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1924
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 AM
3:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 199.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -17.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.05° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.85° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.