The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2033
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
9:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1361
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 121.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -7.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.00° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.66° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.