The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 260
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 | 112.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.15° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.03° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.