The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 1998
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 78.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / -0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.52° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.17° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| 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.