The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
6:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 903
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 | 167.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 5.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.03° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.69° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.