The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:55 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 129.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 42.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.09° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.92° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.