The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1945
Waning Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 272
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.69° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.49° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.