The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2043
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:40 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1484
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.89° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.71° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.