The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
4:59 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 144.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 29.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.37° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.51° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.