The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1943
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
4:50 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 247
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 | 333.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 184.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.00° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.15° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.