The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
4:51 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 142.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.73° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.30° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.