The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2025
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
10:45 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.85° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.02° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.