The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2024
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
12:24 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 276.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.01° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.93° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.