The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 2051
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1583
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.11° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.10° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.