The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 4, 2057
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
4:43 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1657
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 | 350.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 181.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.16° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.34° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.