The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1926
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
11:19 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 37
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 | 240.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.60° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.21° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.