The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1957
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
9:02 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -8.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.55° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.47° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.70° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.