The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Waxing Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
10:59 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 62.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -6.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.12° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.81° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.