The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 75.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 94.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.37° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.