The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2053
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
7:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1608
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.1° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.35° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.35° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 190.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.