The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:26 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1435
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 | 116.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.29° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.66° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.