The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1954
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
4:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 383
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.2° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. Not visible from Columbus.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -24.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.98° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.87° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.