The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1929
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
1:14 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 74
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 | 291.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.42° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.26° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.