The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1976
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 36.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 129.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.40° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.06° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.