The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
1:35 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1200
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.38° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.46° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.