The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2029
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
10:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1311
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.87° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.43° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.