The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1941
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 80.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.40° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.