The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1934
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:08 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 136
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 | 221.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.40° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.61° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.