The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2013
Last Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1113
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.80° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.67° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.