The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1979
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 80.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.97° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.