The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 4, 2049
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
6:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1559
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 160.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.43° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.00° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| 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.