The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1962
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:55 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 482
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 198.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.76° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.45° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.