The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
12:52 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 359
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 | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 74.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.46° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.14° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.