The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2002
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
11:47 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 250.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.00° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.25° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.9° |
| 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.