The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1970
Waning Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
1:54 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 581
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 | 316.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 216.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.27° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.