The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
5:41 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 767
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 | 150.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 22.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 55m / 24.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.23° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.90° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.