The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
1:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 965
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 | 111.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.55° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.11° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.