The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
3:42 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 396
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 | 127.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 21.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.42° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.10° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.