The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1995
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
9:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -7.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.26° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.26° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.