The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2014
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
9:39 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 45.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 120.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.02° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.