The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2021
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
11:40 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 248.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 7.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.66° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.07° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.