The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 127.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.13° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.85° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.