The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
4:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1336
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.26° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.08° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| 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.