The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2011
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
5:52 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Partial solar eclipse
The Moon covers part of the Sun. Not visible from Columbus.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.87° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.39° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.