The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2056
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
9:12 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1645
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 | 202.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 326.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.10° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.50° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.