The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2038
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
4:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1422
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 | 349.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 182.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.78° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.52° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.