The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2016
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
1:36 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 | 296.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.67° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.56° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.