The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 1986
Waning Crescent
40.2% 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
1:12 AM
12:41 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 779
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 | 281.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.46° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.51° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| 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.