The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1988
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
8:42 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 187.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 343.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.62° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.