The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2052
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
8:19 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 135.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -12.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.94° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.