The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1994
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
11:39 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.29° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.88° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.