The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1960
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 77.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.77° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.