The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2019
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
4:24 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1187
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 187.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.03° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.70° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.