The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1965
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
6:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 19.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.93° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.37° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.