The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1927
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
6:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 158.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.56° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.73° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.99° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.