The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1937
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
11:48 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 173
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.15° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.08° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.62° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.