The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:45 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 730
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 | 109.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.52° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 7.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.91° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.