The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
59.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
1:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 124
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.22° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.78° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.