The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1972
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
10:14 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 227.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.61° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.03° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.