The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2008
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 AM
1:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1051
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 | 317.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.38° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.21° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.