The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1975
Last Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
11:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -9.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.61° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.07° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.