The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1946
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
6:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 13.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.54° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.18° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.