The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
91.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
9:43 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 213.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.41° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.24° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.