The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2018
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
9:56 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 | 216.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.83° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.03° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.