The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
12:57 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 285.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.45° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.90° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.