The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2041
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
7:39 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1460
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 | 27.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 142.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.75° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.33° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.