The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
7:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 142.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.26° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.11° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.