The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
12:53 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 594
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.20° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.36° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.