The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2054
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
2:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1620
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 222.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.71° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.17° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.