The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2000
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
3:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 195.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -19.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.43° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.90° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.